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Beat Street

Country meets rock before the New Year revelry sets in on the stand

Gwen Stefani

The Sweet Escape

Gwen Stefani/Universal

Gwen Stefani returns with her second album that hits music stores come December 5. Featuring on the cover are numbers said to have been written for her 2004 debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. but did not make in the final track listing. The first single was premiered during the artiste's Harajuku Lovers Tour in 2005. Already the cover has been in news for several reasons, it was said to have leaked on the Internet in November, and also is the first album from the artiste to with a parental advisory sticker.

Kenny Rogers

Billboards #1: Classic Country

Various/ Warner

What will you call a compilation that has Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline back to back? Priceless of course. This twin CD compilation brings together the baaps of country music. Loretta Lynn's hits from the `60s and `70s, Kenny Roger's love ballads and crossover artiste Jim Reeves' Nashville Sound can all be found here. Not forgetting Buck Owens. Lend and ear.

SYEDA FARIDA

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